Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters, including Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said. Born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, he lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the Parisian avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, Picasso rapidly transitioned styles from Neo-Impressionism through his Blue Period and Rose Period. He reached a unique style with the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded the forms he saw in African sculpture with the fractured compositions he admired in Paul Cézanne  to produce the style of Cubism. Not limited to painting, the artist also produced collage, sculpture, and ceramics. After being deeply affected by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created what is arguably his most political work Guernica (1937), a mural-sized painting depicting war-torn carnage with jagged shapes in contrasting grayscale. The artist was prolific up until his death on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as institutions devoted solely to his work, including the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

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L'Anse de la Gravette, 1958

Pablo Picasso

L'Anse de la Gravette, 1958

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Margharita et lump, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Margharita et lump, 1960

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KERAMIKSCHALE

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KERAMIKSCHALE

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PICASSO-BILDTELLER

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO-BILDTELLER

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BUSTE DE FEMME

Pablo Picasso

BUSTE DE FEMME

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PICHET ESPAGNOL

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PICHET ESPAGNOL

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Jules Dassin, les mariés - 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Jules Dassin, les mariés - 1966, 1966

Sale Date: March 29, 2022

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Plongeurs, modèle créé en [1956], 1956

Pablo Picasso

Plongeurs, modèle créé en [1956], 1956

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Toros, modèle créé le [29 juillet 1952], 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros, modèle créé le [29 juillet 1952], 1952

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Tête de lion, modèle créé en [décembre..., 1968–1969

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Tête de lion, modèle créé en [décembre..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Jeune courtisane avec un gentil homme, un..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune courtisane avec un gentil homme, un..., 1968

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Flûtiste grec et Danseuse (sheet 44 from La..., 1968

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Flûtiste grec et Danseuse (sheet 44 from La..., 1968

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Couple, Hibou et Odalisque à Cheval (sheet 6 , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Couple, Hibou et Odalisque à Cheval (sheet 6 , 1968

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Nature morte au Livre, 1953

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Nature morte au Livre, 1953

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur lV from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur lV from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Minotaure caressant une Femme, from La Suite , 1933

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Minotaure caressant une Femme, from La Suite , 1933

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Hibou, Verre et Fleur, 1956

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Hibou, Verre et Fleur, 1956

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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「オノレ・ド・バルザックの知られざる傑作」より(全13点), 1927–1931

Pablo Picasso

「オノレ・ド・バルザックの知られざる傑作」より(全13点), 1927–1931

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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TAUREAU, MARLI AUX FEUILLES’ MADOURA PLATE, A.R...

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TAUREAU, MARLI AUX FEUILLES’ MADOURA PLATE, A.R...

Sale Date: March 22, 2022

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Cruchon Hibou (Owl Jug), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon Hibou (Owl Jug), 1955

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Olga et Paulo: la Soupe (Maternité), 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Olga et Paulo: la Soupe (Maternité), 1922–1923

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Tête d'Homme barbu (from Papiers Collés), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'Homme barbu (from Papiers Collés), 1966

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Fumeur, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur, 1964

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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